{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-256.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 256.054","heading":"ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN NO WILL IS PRODUCED.","body":"In addition to the requirements for an application under Section 256.052, if an applicant for the probate of a will cannot produce the will in court, the application must state:\n(1) the reason the will cannot be produced;\n(2) the contents of the will, as far as known; and\n(3) the name and address, if known, whether the person is an adult or minor, and the relationship to the testator, if any, of:\n(A) each devisee;\n(B) each person who would inherit as an heir of the testator in the absence of a valid will; and\n(C) in the case of partial intestacy, each heir of the testator.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2912), Sec. 25, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE F. WILLS","CHAPTER 256. PROBATE OF WILLS GENERALLY","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.256.htm#256.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"4ccdc04f0633c37e2991467503890ec96ca6510cc42ea4dcd97b133dcb661683","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-256.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-256.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}